Better than I thought it would be!

I am not a fan of this type of book, normally - but this was entertaining and despite the choppy and somewhat bizarre shifting of narrative voice I really quite enjoyed this tale of an Irish politicia ...continue

I am not a fan of this type of book, normally - but this was entertaining and despite the choppy and somewhat bizarre shifting of narrative voice I really quite enjoyed this tale of an Irish politician who is bad through and through - the end was a little weak however and contrived.

Dublin. Lola is a nice, good stylist who reads on newspapers her boyfriend, the New Ireland politician, Paddy De Courcy, is about to marry another woman. Alicia is the not totally aware Paddy's wife t ...continue

Dublin. Lola is a nice, good stylist who reads on newspapers her boyfriend, the New Ireland politician, Paddy De Courcy, is about to marry another woman. Alicia is the not totally aware Paddy's wife to be. Grace is a beautiful journalist in love with Damien but, in a way, involved in Paddy's story ...and her twin sister's one of Paddy's exes. Marnie, Grace's twin sister, living in London, married, two daughters, Paddy's ex, is so fragile she can barely survive day by day. All the Paddy's women share a secret about him... Turn-pager.

Major Let Down

This book was highly disappointing for me, seeing how I loved the other books by this author. The sad thing was that it had a lot of potential to be another great book by Marian Keyes and fell way sh ...continue

This book was highly disappointing for me, seeing how I loved the other books by this author. The sad thing was that it had a lot of potential to be another great book by Marian Keyes and fell way short. The essential flaw was one awful, awful character that sounded like a child was talking. The sentences were incomplete and it read like it was thrown together in a short time. There was no depth to this very shallow character and it made me want to skip her completely. And you can honestly skip a lot of what she says and still get the gist of the book. I did. I couldn't take reading her part anymore. The other characters are much more interesting and don't sound like children, so would have given this a higher rating if "Lola" was not in the book.

Not what the back cover promised, at all (wonder who did that!!) but much better. I liked it, disturbing, funny, and painful, yet I loved it. When I reached the mid, I could not stop reading. A bit s ...continue

Not what the back cover promised, at all (wonder who did that!!) but much better. I liked it, disturbing, funny, and painful, yet I loved it. When I reached the mid, I could not stop reading. A bit simplistic in the way of depicting the bad guy (that's why I gave only three stars), but he women are delightedly portrayed, and, of course, I saw myself in Grace... who else?